Best five cards you always pick with the Silent

[joaquindli]

With ironclad i see so much easy the pick ups but is not that way with silent. What card do you always pick no matter strategy ?

[Aerisweet]

usually I'll take blurs, fortitudes, and that power to give you armor for each card played, can't remember the name

[bc]

5 footwork

[lordofdekingz]

adrenaline
after image
escape plan

thats pretty much it, actually i wouldnt even always take after image. and when i have velvet choker or timelord as a boss i wouldnt take the escape plan obv.

other cards i pick really often:
footwork, cloak and dagger, burst, terror, malaise, blur, calculated gamble +

cards i still pick quite often:
dagger spray, backflip, leg sweep, well laid plans

this is NOT a tier list, just to be clear.

also, there are very few cards that you take in any build, the game isnt that linear. you have to adapt your card choices to your path, your boss, your hp etc.

[Khor]

Adrenaline
Well laid plan
After image
Escape plan
Calculated gamble

[Zu]

Mentioning burst for the sake of completion.

[JokingJames2]

Deflect is my pick for the least sexy high value card for Silent. Upgraded Deflect costs 0 mana to get 1 less block than a normal Defend, which is incredible value.
Other "always pick" cards include Adrenaline, Well Laid Plans, Burst, and Blur.

EDIT: Also Footwork, obviously. Almost can't have too many of those.

[Sinsling]

Can I be disappoonted that tactician has somehow not made this list already?

[Romain672]

Adrenaline
After Image
[Footwork : edit : not against the Awakened One]

(And I think I never skip when i can take a Piercing Wail)
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Escape plan is really bad if you have few skill it give you (1.5-) block and is bad for : snecko, snecko eye, the chosen, time eater, velvet choker, gremlin nob, etc...
But of course, if you have some dexterity and/or a lot of skill, it stay a good card.

[bc]

Originally posted by Sinsling:

Can I be disappoonted that tactician has somehow not made this list already?

Early tactician is a very optimistic choise.

[Sinsling]

Originally posted by bc:

Originally posted by Sinsling:

Can I be disappoonted that tactician has somehow not made this list already?

Early tactician is a very optimistic choise.

I'm still not passing it if I get it at any point before act 3.

[King Joshington]

Some cards I ALWAYS take:
Footwork (duh)
Escape Plan (I tend to run skill-heavy, so this procs well; and even if not, still draw)
Piercing Wail (it exhausts and can be a life safer or at least a staller)
After Image (it's great innate)
Backflip (for that sweet draw)
Dagger Throw (at least one, for card draw/discard)

As for those who say "not against the Time Lord/Awakened" -- there's no way to know that at the start, so I just cross my fingers and hope.
Same for the velvet choker -- you can't know in advance. I also think I have NEVER taken it for Silent -- the drawback is too much for her.

[Jack_Daniels84]

5 cards. (I love Poison turtle so)
Adrenaline.
After Image (usually as I wont see a second Footwork or more. also it can be innated)
Footwork
Noxious Fumes
Well-Laid Plans

Honorable Mentions.

Blur
Bouncing Flask
Burst
Catalyst
Cloak and Dagger (I think of it as defence and offence in one)
Escape Plan
Infinite Blades (Free damage every turn)
Leg Sweep
Malaise
Piercing Wail
Sucker Punch

Colorless Mentions

Apotheosis (If 50% or so of my deck is still not upgraded)
Dark Shackles
Sadistic Nature

[Ghostlight]

Originally posted by joaquindli:

With ironclad i see so much easy the pick ups but is not that way with silent. What card do you always pick no matter strategy ?

Blur
Backflip
Escape Plan
Footwork
Adrenaline

Was hard to narrow it down to 5.

[Sykomyke]

Cloak and Dagger. Not sure about the other 4, bug I always auto-pick that card.

[Shovel Priest]

Adrenaline and Tactician are the only two I don't even think about before I take them.

I've probably underestimated Footwork historically, and should probably add that to my list.

Malaise and Calculated Gamble are extremely difficult to turn down.

Terror and Noxious Fumes are honorable mentions since, while they are strategy dependent, they're basically two sides of the coin. Strategies where you don't take Terror are the strategies where you take Noxious Fumes, and vice versa. Though in decks that make Terror work, Noxious Fumes might still be good.